Question

i need a scenario for factorial design

Answer 1

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(Answer) Factorial designs are those studies have multiple independent variables. These cases help a researcher check the effect of multiple independent variables on a dependent variable. The researcher is able to check the effect of all variables together and separately. This results in a well-calibrated study that leads to a more accurate result and hence has more advantages in terms of accuracy.

Scenario – John Doe is a 10-year-old boy who seems distracted in class more than the other students. The school psychologist will analyse John as a dependent variable and study it with various independent variables. For instance, John’s parents are getting a divorce, John has a cousin brother who teases him about his parents, John is under pressure to do well in school because his father wants him to go to a top college, John’s best friend from class has moved to another state.

All of the independent variables in this scenario become factors for a factorial design. The school counsellor might get John to talk about all of these stressors until the prime factor or the actual causes for John’s apathy in class are actually determined.

In this way, a factorial design allows a researcher to consider all the possibilities and include them in the research design so as to make sure that there is no room for error.